Usually means: Not chosen by voter decision.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word unelected:

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  1. unelected: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unelected: Merriam-Webster
  3. unelected: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unelected: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Unelected, unelected: Wordnik
  6. unelected: Wiktionary
  7. unelected: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. unelected: FreeDictionary.org

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  1. unelected: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Not elected.

Similar:
nonelected, unappointed, nonappointed, nonelectoral, undemocratic, nonelective, nonelection, unballoted, unanointed, unrepresented, more...

Opposite:
elected, appointed, chosen

Types:
official, bureaucrat, appointee, commissioner, regulator, ambassador, more...

Phrases:
unelected leader, more...

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Similar:
nonelected, unappointed, nonappointed, nonelectoral, undemocratic, nonelective, nonelection, unballoted, unanointed, unrepresented, more...

Opposite:
elected, appointed, chosen

Types:
official, bureaucrat, appointee, commissioner, regulator, ambassador, more...

Phrases:
unelected leader, more...



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